Usually means: Regular, rhythmic sound of clock.
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General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. ticking: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. ticking: Merriam-Webster
  3. ticking: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. ticking: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. ticking: Collins English Dictionary
  6. ticking: Vocabulary.com
  7. Ticking, ticking: Wordnik
  8. ticking: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. ticking: Wiktionary
  10. ticking: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. ticking: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. ticking: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. ticking: Dictionary.com
  14. ticking: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. ticking: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Ticking: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Ticking: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. ticking: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. ticking: Rhymezone
  20. Ticking: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. ticking: FreeDictionary.org
  22. ticking: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  23. ticking: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. ticking: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. ticking: Legal dictionary
  2. ticking: Financial dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. ticking: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. ticking: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. ticking: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. ticking: Urban Dictionary

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
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Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Fabric Glossary (No longer online)

(Note: See tick as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  A strong cotton or linen fabric used to cover pillows and mattresses.
noun:  A sound of something ticking. (For example, the second hand on a clock face.)
noun:  An illusional style of dance where one moves his or her body to the "tic" of the music creating a strobe or animated effect.
noun:  A marking that occurs on some horses, involving white flecks of hair at the flank, and white hairs at the base of the tail, called a skunk tail or rabicano, sometimes referred to as birdcatcher ticks.

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